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Thai Heritage
Conservation - Door and Window Panel Guardians (2008)
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Issue
Name: |
Thai Heritage Conservation
2008 |
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Thai Issue
Name: |
อนุรักษ์มรดกไทย ปี
2551 |
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Issue Date: |
2008/2551-04-02 |
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Cause: |
Annual
commemorative stamps for the Thai Heritage Conservation Day
in honour of H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn |
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Catalogue Number: |
2008/24-27 |
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Denomination: |
3 Baht (4 designs) |
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Unused Value: |
4 Baht (4 designs) |
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Complete Set: |
16 Baht (unused), 8 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
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Size: |
45 x 27 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
700,000 pieces per
design |
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Printer: |
Thai British Security Printing Public
Company Limited, Thailand |
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Subject: |
1. portal guardians painted on the inner door
panels at the rear of the Phra Thihnang Phutthaisawan in
the
National
Museum in
Bangkok;
2. guardians and a demon painted on the window panels of the
Phra
Ubosot
of
Wat Suthat Thepwarahrahm
in Bangkok; 3. door guardians carved on the wooden door panels from one of
the three
chedis
of
Wat Phra Sri Sanphet
in
Ayutthaya,
now on display at the
Chao Sam Phraya National
Museum;
4. carved and gilded Chinese-style portal guardians on the wooden door
panels of the Southern Porch at
Wat Phra Sri Rattana Sahtsadahrahm,
i.e.
Wat Phra Kaew,
in Bangkok |
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Related Link: |
Wat Suthat Thepwarahrahm,
chedi,
Wat Phra Sri Rattana Sahtsadahrahm,
Wat Phra Sri Sanphet,
National
Museum,
Phra Tihnang,
Bangkok,
Ayutthaya,
ubosot,
Wat Phra Kaew,
Royal Craftsmanship Arts |
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